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Geography vs. institutions at the village level
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. These debates have usually been based on cross-country regressions where questions about parameter heterogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and endogeneity cannot...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264330
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Promotion of trade and Investments between China and India : the case of Southwest China and East and Northeast India
Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; De, Prabir - 2005
(China) and India - in trade, investments and infrastructure development can foster outward-oriented development and economic … economic integration between China and India involving common neighbouring countries could be increasing. This paper discusses … the above subject in the context of possible areas of China - India economic cooperation and integration in the Eastern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261307
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Health Dynamics Shape Life-Cycle Incomes
Kotschy, Rainer Franz - 2019
This paper empirically investigates the long-run effects of major health improvements on income growth in the United States. To isolate exogenous changes in health, the econometric model uses quasi-experimental variation in cardiovascular disease mortality across states over time. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179752
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Longevity Shocks with Age-Dependent Productivity Growth
Heijdra, Ben J.; Reijnders, Laurie S. M. - 2015
The aim of this paper is to study the long-run effects of a longevity increase on individual decisions about education and retirement, taking macroeconomic repercussions through endogenous factor prices and the pension system into account. We build a model of a closed economy inhabited by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531841
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The Healthy Immigrant Paradox and Health Convergence
Constant, Amelie F. - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744998
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Health Dynamics Shape Life-Cycle Incomes
Kotschy, Rainer - 2019
This paper empirically investigates the long-run effects of major health improvements on income growth in the United States. To isolate exogenous changes in health, the econometric model uses quasi-experimental variation in cardiovascular disease mortality across states over time. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858693
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Body Mass, Nutrition, and Disease : Current Net Nutrition During Us Economic Development
Carson, Scott A. - 2020
When other measures for material welfare are scarce or unreliable, the use of average stature and body mass index (BMI) values is common. BMI reflects the current difference between calories consumed, calories required for work, and to withstand the physical environment. This study evaluates...
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Epidemic Exposure, Fintech Adoption, and the Digital Divide
Saka, Orkun; Eichengreen, Barry; Aksoy, Cevat Giray - 2021
We ask whether epidemic exposure leads to a shift in financial technology usage within and across countries and if so who participates in this shift. We exploit a dataset combining Gallup World Polls and Global Findex surveys for some 250,000 individuals in 140 countries, merging them with...
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Lifting the veil: The face of TFP in an Indian rail mill
Das, Sanghamitra; Krishna, Kala M.; Lychagin, Sergey; … - 2011
We use a proprietary data set on the floor-level operations at the Bhilai Rail and Structural Mill (RSM) in India to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277383
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Weather Shocks and Migration Intentions in Western Africa : Insights from a Multilevel Analysis
Bertoli, Simone - 2020
We use a multilevel approach to characterize the relationship between weather shocks and (internal and international) migration intentions. We combine individual survey data on migration intentions with measures of localized weather shocks for Western African countries over 2008-2016. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012842387